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But Paul said to them, They have given us who are Romans a public whipping without judging us, and have put us in prison. Will they now send us out secretly? no, truly, let them come themselves and take us out.

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And the police gave an account of these words to the authorities, and they were full of fear on hearing that they were Romans;

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And they came out of the prison and went to the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers they gave them comfort and went away.

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Now when they had gone through Amphipolis and Apollonia they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Synagogue of the Jews:

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And Paul, as he generally did, went in to them, and on three Sabbath days had discussions with them from the holy Writings,

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But the Jews, being moved with envy, took with them certain low persons from among the common people, and getting together a great number of people, made an outcry in the town, attacking the house of Jason with the purpose of taking them out to the peopl

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And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;

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And hearing these things the people and the rulers of the town were troubled.

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And the brothers straight away sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea: and they, when they came there, went to the Synagogue of the Jews.

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Now these were more noble than the Jews of Thessalonica, for they gave serious attention to the word, searching in the holy Writings every day, to see if these things were so.

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But when the Jews of Thessalonica had news that Paul was preaching the word at Beroea, they came there, troubling the people and working them up.

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So the brothers sent Paul straight away to the sea: but Silas and Timothy kept there still.

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But those who went with Paul took him as far as Athens, and then went away, with orders from him to Silas and Timothy to come to him quickly.

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Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was troubled, for he saw all the town full of images of the gods.

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And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of

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(Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

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And Paul got to his feet on Mars' Hill and said, O men of Athens, I see that you are overmuch given to fear of the gods.

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Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

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But some men gave him their support: among whom was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

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After these things, he went away from Athens, and came to Corinth.

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And every Sabbath he had discussions in the Synagogue, turning Jews and Greeks to the faith.

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And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was completely given up to the word, preaching to the Jews that the Christ was Jesus.

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And when they put themselves against him, and said evil words, he said, shaking his clothing, Your blood be on your heads, I am clean: from now I will go to the Gentiles.

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And Crispus, the ruler of the Synagogue, with all his family, had faith in the Lord; and a great number of the people of Corinth, hearing the word, had faith and were given baptism.

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And the Lord said to Paul in the night, in a vision, Have no fear and go on preaching:

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